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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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